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State School Home for Colored Soldiers' Orphans

Bridgewater School, Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

1869 Announcement Circular for Bridgewater School

Engraved image of the main hall of Bridgewater School in Bristol, Bucks County.

 

ORPHANS WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR ADMISSION TO, BUT HAVE NOT YET ENTERED THE SCHOOL.
(As of October 1869)

Names below are formatted as: Widows or Guardians: Orphans, Place of Residence.

Elizabeth Anderson, (late Rothwell): Hannah Eliza Rothwell, Chester, Delaware Co.

Sophia Bacon: John Calvin Bacon, Lyle P.O., Lancaster Co.
Sophia Bacon: Mary A. Bacon, Lyle P.O., Lancaster Co.

Catharine Brown: Margaret Brown, Williamsport, Lycoming Co.

Rachel Bowser: Virginia Bowser, Middletown, Dauphin Co.

Althea Bullett: William Henry Bullett, Philadelphia, Rear of 602 Lombard St.

Mary P. W. Connor: Amanda Connor, Kennett Square, Chester Co.

Rudolph A. Fry: Isaac Williams, Highville P.O., Lancaster Co.

Elizabeth Fisher: Alonzo Hawsey Fisher, Kingsessing, Phila.
Elizabeth Fisher: Ellwood Powhattan Fisher, Kingsessing, Phila.

Sarah Good: Charles Henry Chidsey Good, Easton, Northampton Co.

Sarah Gover: Annah M. Gover, Darlington's Corner, Chester Co.

Nancy Gordon, (late Woodward): Rachel Ann Woodward, Middletown, Dauphin Co.
Nancy Gordon, (late Woodward): Ruth Elizabeth Woodward, Middletown, Dauphin Co.

Sarah Ann Hall: James Albert Hall, Oxford, Chester Co.

Susan Millon: Lauretta Marion Millon, Wrightsville, York Co.
Susan Millon: Susan Millon, Wrightsville, York Co.

Nancy Mason: Albert Mason, York, York Co.
Nancy Mason: Nancy E. Mason, York, York Co.

Ann Nocho: Irene Frances Nocho, 1314 Gulielma St., Philad.
Ann Nocho: John Jacob Nocho, 1314 Gulielma St., Philad.

Fanny Saunders: Anna Saunders, Harrisburg

Mary Ann Saunders: Hannah Elizabeth Drummond, Philadelphia

Tabitha Thompson: William Henry Carter Thompson, Harrisburg

Lydia E. Richmond: Anna Lavinia Richmond, West Chester, Chester Co.

Susannah Wilson: Albert Ellsworth Wilson, Lancaster, Lancaster Co.
Susannah Wilson: Elizabeth Jane Wilson, Lancaster, Lancaster Co.

Araminta Whittaker: George Francis Whittaker, 2021 Mascher St., Philad.

Source

  • "Announcement From The Office Of The Colored Soldiers' And Sailors' Orphans Committee". Correspondence And Finances Of The School Of Colored Soldiers' And Sailors' Orphans, Germantown Historical Society/ Historic Germantown -- Pamphlet Boxes African-American History Collection, October 20, 1869.
    https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A162576.

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